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Title: The Nation's River
The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac

Author: United States Department of the Interior

Commentator: Stewart L. Udall, Kenneth Holum and James J. O'Donnell

Release Date: February 2, 2007 [EBook #20503]

Language: English

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THE NATION'S RIVER

A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior,
with recommendations for action by the Federal Interdepartmental
Task Force on the Potomac.

LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240

October 1, 1968

Dear Mr. President

The enclosed report, _The Nation's River_, is submitted in response to
your February 8, 1965, request that we prepare a program for your
consideration which would assure that the Potomac would serve as a model
of scenic and recreation values for the entire country.

This is the final report of your Potomac planning team. In my opinion,
the study contributes significantly to a more complete understanding of
both the opportunities and the problems of this magnificent river. The
proposed program of action, when implemented, will move the area a long
step forward toward the challenging goals identified in your directive.

Your call for a broadly based conservation plan for the Potomac has
stimulated a wide range of useful actions by citizens' groups and by the
Federal, State and local governments during the course of our studies.
While these are too numerous to recite, the participation and
involvement of citizens in decisions affecting the future of the Basin
are most promising and deserve recognition and encouragement.

Our recommendations for action cover three broad aspects:

... those related to present and future water resource problems in the
Basin; ... those related to the protection and resto